Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

119 reviews

sexualedward's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

 Murderbot is one of my new favorite characters now. I LOVED it, but felt it should have been longer. Felt character’s individual moment to shine, story moments, and build up to moments should have been more to them. Absolutely will be continuing the series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Slavery, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Classism

hawksrye's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Slavery, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Outing

Minor: Physical abuse and Grief

random19379's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Slavery, Violence, Medical content, Colonisation, and War

ailsaod's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I've read a couple other novellas this year and this is the first that I feel was not harmed by the length of the format. This story is short but it is good fun and the characters were ridiculously lovable. Murderbot is in some aspects very relatable but (thankfully) very much not in others which made them interesting and I too would do anything for Dr Mensah. I think the ending is what really won me over though as it takes the series into a more interesting direction. I will say that I am reting this five stars for a novella and that it isn't quite on the level of the full lenght novels I've rated five stars but I had a great time and look forward to continuing with the series! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Murder

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Oh my gosh! I was reading an ebook that had other books included all in the same thing, so I had no idea I was at the end of the book until it ended. 

That was a really tense, fun, and interesting read, and I definitely want to read the next one in the series. I'm super interested in this world, and this character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Slavery, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Medical content, and Kidnapping

laurajones's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Slavery and Mass/school shootings

romiress's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I really enjoyed this. It kept me moving along at a good pace, and I liked almost everything about it. I thought it suffered a bit from the length - the pace might actually be too fast - but overall a very solid book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Slavery

justreadingby's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

 I didn't read this for the science; I finished this in one sitting because Murderbot is dry, awkward, anxious, and someone I grew to root for. The crew is equally compelling and wow, would you believe to learn that people who actually like each other and are competent workers both as individuals and as a group make for a great read?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Slavery, and Medical content

CW explained: mostly graphic depiction of gore and violence (there are fight scenes and death) but I'd say that if you like action movies like The Old Guard or a lot of Charlize Theron's filmography, then you're good. Gore includes blood and other fluids a bot may have. The human crew also briefly discusses slavery and how that they perceive its presence in Murderbot's life. Murderbot acknowledges this in the perspective of a being who has lived with this systemic oppression for all of its life.

bexi's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing

giovann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Slavery, Violence, and Murder